by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, October 21.
- A Shadowy Corner of International Law Is Threatening Climate Action, U.N. Expert Warns (“An obscure but far-reaching system allowing corporations to sue governments is being ‘weaponized’ by the fossil fuel and mining industries, according to a new U.N. report, jeopardizing progress in developing nations.”)
- Q&A: The Pope’s New Document on Climate Change Is a ‘Throwdown’ Call for Action (“A professor who has studied Francis’ writings on climate says he singles out the U.S. for overconsumption and takes ‘aim’ at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ denialism.”)
- Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says (“Exclusive: Physical and mental impact on young people needs immediate action, Dr Camilla Kingdon says”)
- Billions of snow crabs in Alaska likely vanished due to warm ocean, study says (“The crabs starved to death en masse because the change in water temperature increased their caloric needs, according to the NOAA”)
- US intelligence report alleging Russia election interference shared with 100 countries
- 14 Russian helicopters likely destroyed by US-provided ATACMS missiles in Ukraine: UK intel
- Ukraine Recap: Russia Pushes Near Avdiivka Despite Heavy Losses
- Investing in Ukraine and Israel is in our cold, hard national interest
- Biden Lights the Beacon, for Israel, Ukraine and the World
- Biden Says Hamas Attack Was to Halt Israel-Saudi Arabia Thaw (That’s part of it, for sure.)
- Listen to the Gazans who are seeking a path away from Hamas
- What to know about Iran’s role in the Israel-Hamas war
- Hamas releases 2 American hostages held in Gaza
- What do leftist critics of Israel do now? (“How the mainstream left is trying to save its approach to Israel from the pro-Hamas fringe.”)
- Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opens for aid trucks
- AP visual analysis: Rocket from Gaza appeared to go astray, likely caused deadly hospital explosion (“AP’s analysis shows that the rocket that broke up in the air was fired from within Palestinian territory, and that the hospital explosion was most likely caused when part of that rocket crashed to the ground…AP’s assessment is supported by a range of experts with specialties in open-source intelligence, geolocation and rocketry.”)
- Aid Gets to Gaza for First Time Since Israel-Hamas War Began
- US and Israel Weigh a Future for the Gaza Strip Without Hamas
- First humanitarian aid trucks enter Gaza
- Israel-Hamas war: where do surrounding countries stand? (“Complicated web of relationships are strained as Israel bombards Gaza in retaliation to Hamas attack”)
- 5 major risks looming over Israel’s ground offensive
- What Israel should do now (“Israel’s current approach is clearly wrong. Here’s a better way to fight Hamas — and win…Israel should launch a targeted counterrorism operation aimed at Hamas leadership and the fighters directly involved in the October 7 attack, one that focuses on minimizing both civilian casualties and the scope of ground operations in Gaza.”)
- For the Most Vulnerable Hostages, a Plea for Mercy
- Arab leaders denounce Israel attacks on Gaza as risks to region rise
- How Donald Trump and Jared Kushner Overlooked the Key to Middle East Peace (“The Abraham Accords were a useful step—but an insufficient one.”)
- Hamas’s Gaza Chief, Once a Prisoner in Israel, Is Now a ‘Dead Man Walking’ (“Israeli officials blame Yahya Sinwar for the Oct. 7 attacks and have vowed to kill him.”)
- U.S. effort to free Gaza hostages accelerates as ground war looms
- UAW says ‘more to be won’ despite record offers from automakers; declines to expand strikes
- This land isn’t for you or me. It’s for the meat industry. (“Almost half of the continental US is used for meat production. There’s something better we could do with it.” Absolutely insane.)
- Feds Approve Expansion of Northwestern Gas Pipeline Despite Strong Opposition Over Its Threat to Climate Goals (Huge mistake.)
- The U.S. Is Spending a Fortune on War and a Pittance on the Climate Crisis
- FERC directs NERC to draft reliability standards for wind, solar and storage
- Supreme Court says White House can continue requests to tech companies
- Supreme Court blocks restrictions on Biden administration efforts to remove contentious social media posts
- Supreme Court won’t reinstate Missouri gun law as Thomas dissents
- Biden’s Speech Told Us a Lot About How He Sees America’s Role In the World
- The Inflection Point (“A speech that may well define Biden’s presidency”)
- Top newspapers mention Biden’s age more than twice as often as Trump’s (WILDLY irresponsible, asymmetric/unbalanced and anti-Democratic.)
- A New Field of Would-Be US House Speakers Takes Shape After Jim Jordan Fails
- ‘It’s astonishing’: GOP ditches Jordan as speaker pick
- The GOP speaker contest has entered its “who?” era
- House Republicans go down in flames — again
- Republicans back to square one as Speaker crisis deepens
- Flood of GOP lawmakers hits the House speaker race
- Floodgates open: Here’s who’s running for Speaker as GOP seeks third nominee
- GOP ditches Jordan and scrambles for Speaker: Five takeaways
- Trump World Vows to Tank a Speaker Bid From House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (Exclusive)
- House GOP abandons Jordan for Speaker after secret ballot loss
- How House Republicans failed to elect a speaker
(“Intraparty strife, slim GOP majority have led to an impasse in the speaker race.”) - It’s a free-for-all in the GOP speaker race (“The further House Republicans go down their bench, the more likely it is that their unprecedented speaker crisis drags past the one-month mark.”)
- The simple reason that Jim Jordan’s speaker bid was in deep trouble
- Threats couldn’t save Jim Jordan. But Trump-era intimidation has had an impact. (“The holdouts on Jordan’s speaker bid spotlighted a problem that has long lurked beneath the surface”)
- Sean Hannity’s Jim Jordan faceplant (Hannity is a truly disgusting, heinous person.)
- Jim Jordan’s Conspiratorial Quest for Power (“How the Ohio Republican built an insurgent bid for Speaker on the lies of Donald Trump.”)
- House Speaker Election: Jordan Loses Secret Ballot to Remain G.O.P. Nominee for Speaker
- “A Very Bad Place”: Kevin McCarthy Basically Admits His Party Is a Total Clusterfuck
- Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer “making calls” in pursuit of nomination for House speaker
- Listen: Terrifying voicemail left for GOP lawmaker’s wife over Jim Jordan vote
- Matt Gaetz Isn’t Sorry He Tore the House GOP Apart (Of course he isn’t.)
- Keeping Up With the Trump Trials: Donald Trump’s No Good, Very Bad Week
- Another Domino Falls in Georgia (“Fani Willis got a second guilty plea. What could it mean for Trump?”)
- From Bush v. Gore to ‘Stop the Steal’: Kenneth Chesebro’s Long, Strange Trip (“Mr. Chesebro, a buttoned-down Harvard lawyer, evolved from left-leaning jurist to key player in the Trump false electors scandal. What happened?”)
- Kenneth Chesebro: Second Trump lawyer pleads guilty to conspiracy
- Mr. Chesebro’s plea deal could undermine Donald Trump’s defense in two cases.
- Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia election case
- Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case, implicates Trump in fake elector conspiracy
- Jack Smith uses Brett Kavanaugh law review article and Trump’s own impeachment arguments to slap down Jan. 6 ‘presidential immunity’ claims
- Judge Fines Trump, Threatens Prison Time for ‘Blatantly’ Violating Gag Order
- Judge Chutkan temporarily freezes Trump gag order in 2020 election subversion case
- Judge fines Donald Trump $5,000 after post maligning court staffer is found on campaign website
- Trump’s Bitter Standoff with Fox News Is Only Getting Worse
- Chief prosecutor of Jan. 6 rioters describes ‘pervasive’ threats to his office (They were insurrectionists, by the way, not “rioters”)
- Republican states swore off ERIC. Now, they’re trying to re-create it. (So stupid and irresponsible.)
- Muslim members of Congress face spikes in death threats (Totally unacceptable.)
- Alex Jones must pay $1.1 billion of Sandy Hook damages despite bankruptcy – court
- Perry Johnson drops out of 2024 presidential race (The question is, who will his one? two? three? supporters move to? LOL)
- VA GOP U.S. Senate Candidate Scott Parkinson Announces Support For National Abortion Ban (“Fortunately, an overwhelming majority of Virginians are pro-choice, and they will reject Parkinson’s toxic anti-choice extremism in 2024.”)
- Filler-Corn faces pushback from Loudoun Dems after announcing congressional campaign
- Schapiro: The outsize impact on Va. politics of inside baseball
- Video: DLCC Briefing on VA Elections Features Tom Bonier of TargetSmart, Del. Danica Roem, Sen. Monty Mason (“Everything we were seeing in the early vote is consistent with a very close election in both chambers, especially when we look at these targeted districts”)
- Post-Schar School poll: Abortion is key for Dems., women in Virginia election
- Virginia NAACP sues Gov. Youngkin for records explaining the denials of felons’ voting rights
- Tax rebate checks start coming next week, Youngkin says
- Flip and Defend-A-District Friday: Volume XVIII (Lashrecse Aird, Jade Harris, Victoria Luevanos, Emily Scott)
- Video: New Ad by Joshua Cole for Delegate Campaign “holds opponent Lee Peters accountable for his anti-choice extremism” (“The ad cites Peters’ own words.”)
- New Poll Finds Joel Griffin (D) Leads Race for Senate District 27 by 3 Points (“Griffin is currently at a net 16% favorability rating while [Republican Tara] Durant is at a net 1% favorability rating.”)
- Senate District 27 race: Republican Durant vs. Democrat Griffin vs. Independent Gary
- Virginia Senate candidate Monty Mason’s closing pitch
- Republican Virginia Senate candidate Danny Diggs has ties to hate groups and extremists (“Diggs accepted payments from anti-immigrant extremists and spoke at a pro-gun rally attended by militia groups.”)
- Audio: Former VA Del. David Ramadan (R) Says Russet Perry (D) “is clearly the most qualified candidate in this [SD31] race,” with “deep roots in the community” (In stark contrast, “until [Juan Pablo Segura (R)] ran for this seat, he had lived in Georgetown”)
- As blue wave ebbs, Prince William is again a battleground
- Guns, abortion and the car tax take center stage at 4th District candidate forum
- Democratic House candidate Jessica Anderson on what motivates her to run
- UVa buys a storied estate and one of Charlottesville’s largest tracts of land
- High tide at East Beach reaches the dunes. Norfolk residents worry they’ll be gone before next beach nourishment in 2026.
- Richmond’s compost program is taking root (“On average, the city said it diverts more than 3,000 pounds of organic material each week from its waste stream.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Cool with gusty winds through the weekend
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